Milk-can.



Patented May 2|, l90l.

. MILK CAN.

(Application filed D st. 15, 1900.)

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UNITE STATES MILK- CAN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 674,570, dated May 21, 1901.

Anplication filed October 15, 1900- Serial No. 33,087. kNo model.)

To (tZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER H. WRIGHT, a citizen of the United States, residingin Somerville, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Milk-Cans, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a speci fication, like characters on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention relates to a can especially designed and adapted for use by milkmen, and has for its object to provide a can which will be smooth and free from joints, corners, orshoulders on its inner side, thus providing, a can which does not afford any opportunity for the collection of milk or sediment and enabling the can to be thoroughly sterilized by steam or hotwater.

The can is capable of being accurately made, so as to hold the precise amount called authorized sealer of milk-cans, and the said can maybe provided with a mouth constructed to receive a cardboard or paper disk,which The particular features of this invention will be pointed out in the claims at the end of this specification.

Figure l is a front elevation of a can embodying this invention, and Fig. 2 a vertical section on the line 2 2, Fig. l.

The milk-can herein shown is made from sheet metal and comprises a conical body portion a, a bottom port-ion b, and a top or mouth (2. The bottom portion 1) is struck up to form a conical flange 2, which is connected by a curved or rounded portion 3 with the substantially flat portion 4:, the curved portion 3 forming,with the flange 2, a shoulder 5, upon which the lower edge of the conical body seats. The shoulder 5 is made of a width substantially equal to the thickness of the metal from which the body a is formed, so that the inner surface of the said body is flush or substantially flush with the inner surface of the curved portion 3, thus providing a can free from corners or joints and preventing the retention of milk or sediment in the can when the latter is washed. The conical body portion a is provided at its upper end with an outwardly-extended flange 6, the annular the inner surface of the can is smooth and free from corners, shoulders, joints, 850., so that no opportunity is afforded for milk and sediment to lodge in the can and be retained therein, thus enabling the can to be kept sweet and wholesome and free from bacteria.

I claim- 1. A metal can provided with a bottom comprising a substantially flat portion having an upwardly-extended curved edge or portion provided with an offset conical flange forming a shoulder of a width substantially equal to the thickness of the metal of the conical body portion of the can, and said conical body portion fitted within said flange with its inner surface substantially flush with the inner surface of the edge of said bottom,-whereby the inner surface of the can is free from shoulders, corners and joints, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. A metal can provided witha bottom comprising a substantially flat portion havingan upwardly-extended curved edge or portion provided with an offset conical flange, and a conical body portion fitted within said flange with its inner surface substantially flush with the inner surface of the curved edge of said bottom and provided with an outwardly-extended flange at its upper end, and an annular mouthpiece provided with an inwardlyextended flange secured to the flange on said body portion, substantially as described.

A metal can provided with a bottom comprising a substantially flat portion having an upwardly-extended curved edge or portion provided with an offset conical flange forming a shoulder of a width substantially equal to the thickness of the metal of the conical body portion of the can, and said conical body portion fitted within said flange with its inner surface substantially fiush with the inname to this specification in the presence of 'ner surface of the curved edge of said bottwo subscribing witnesses.

tom, and an annular mouthpiece having an inwardly-projecting flange secured to the up- WALTER WEIGHT 5 per end of said body portion, substantially Witnesses:

as described. JAs. H. CHURCHILL,

In testimony whereof I have signed my J. MURPHY. 

